Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, On my Mac laptop, the Epson seems to yield a touch more resolution and contrast. Can't see much difference in sharpness. Also, the magnification of the Epson is a bit greater than that of the Vuescan. Based on what I see here, I'd save the Vuescan money to buy film and processing until the return of your M8. Holiday best to you. Chuck On 12/24/09 1:37 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Since I will be scanning several rolls of film shortly, I decided to see if > Vuescan now works better with my Epson V700 than it did last time I tried > it > (which was not very well, about 2 years ago). > > So I dug out my Hama test negative and scanned it with Vuescan and with > Epson > Scan, at the same resolution, no sharpening applied etc. to make is as > comparable as possible: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/test_vuescan.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/test_epsonscan.jpg.html > > It seems to me that the Vuescan version is slightly sharper, or am I > hallucinating? > > Otherwise, the Vuescan software now works fine with the Epson 700 (on OSX > 10.6). It is less convenient than Epson Scan but if the quality is better > than > I am prepared to put up with it. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information